Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba T 2 Winnipeg free december 1982 d balloons of peace Fiill of Friendship its about Kilometres from Winnipeg to As the balloon students at James Nisbet Community school proved that when they launched 500 balloons last month car coincidentally Friendship my husband found your balloon on our property which is located in a Small town called Jay and Helga Foels wrote to student Melody it is one of 17 responses students have received to we looked at our Road Atlas and found out that your message travelled which we believe is some sort of we think this should be submitted to a television show known As that the Foels found it noteworthy that your message read Friendship we would like very much to hear from you again some time in the the 12 balloon lift was to end peace and Friendship week at the Maples area it was an exer Cise designed to teach the almost 500 pupils All too Young to understand or know about War the meaning of remembrance Day and what resulted is proof that some times the simplest things teach the most valuable lessons to the adventure for James Nisbet students began the Day their helium filled trailing the plastic bags bearing self addressed Friend ship soared skyward on a stiff North High excitement it Hast ended and Ron the schools says he believes the message of peace and Friendship which he Calls an unqualified now will continue until the replies the 17 responses weve received so far just serve to prove it More and Margaret assistant Princi says the responses have generated a great Deal of interest from parents As Well As the excitement is running High around explains the kids cant seem to wait for the mail Man to and neither can we teachers to see where our next reply might be coming the says want As spectacular As some of the balloons trailed along the ground and the kids chased them across the playground before they Rose above the but the she More Glenn student Melody Giesbrecht balloon and Friendship message landed in Barry Mullin than make up for the while Melody Giesbrecht address card attached to her Blue balloon arrived at the most coincidental Desti another Manitoba message from the skies got just a Little bit farther at least so Claudine lamberts balloon landed near where Steve Meece and Freddie Roy found it while Hunting Day after James Nis bet students launched Meece and Roy told Claudine they work for tartar Gate the they is noted As the farm Gate capital of the the who found the balloon on a River Bottom stuck in a about half sent along photos of themselves and the place where they their letter concluded we would like to hear from the balloon Grade 1 student Moses Gunn sent aloft brought the largest it landed in where Arlene Van Sickles entire Grade 1 class at ferry Community school Shelby is a Small Rural area on White about 20 Miles Inland from Lake sawmills oper ate in the wrote our school is kindergarten to Grade we have 170 our classroom had 22 Noemi left today for now we Are 21 with 11 boys and 10 please look our letters Over and choose someone to write to we she listed the names of All not All of the balloons made it out of some settled in the Maples and others made it to Rural student Jason curries Friendship card was found by Manitoba Natu ral resources minister Al Mackling sent a Canadian a Manitoba Buffalo pin and a Winnipeg pin along with his letter explaining he found the balloon while driving Home to about 25 Kilometres East of student Tracy Sokolowski received a reply from Olga Kwasniuk in Stein just yesterday the school got a reply from not but Wisconsin where a Deer Hunter found it 28 in a it was returned in a shred ded As if it burst when it hit the says there were five replies from min three each from Michigan and two from Manitoba and one each from Ken Tucky and new Melody Giesbrecht wanted to know Why the new York town was called in a Telephone Betty the town clerk in Friend said the town use to be called fighting Corners and Dogtown Many years then they called it Friend ship and the township was formed by an act of the legislature in Stockman said Friendship is the Birthplace of the Republican party and we have the Best Cross Sec Tion of people Here in the friendships population is about although its Kilometres James Nisbet students know that in real terms of really int All that no distresses head of University by Greg Bannister political feuding Between members of Brandon University Board of governors could have serious repercussions on the school if it is allowed to its president warned yester Harold Perkins confirmed in a Telephone interview that two members of the University administrative staff resigned citing difficulties with the Board of i find the whole experience very distressing for the in very concerned about this said its getting so the University Community is spending More time worry ing about the disagreements on the Board of governors than about the business of running the new members Brandon University 17member Board of governors gained nine new members this summer due to a larger than Normal turnover in of the new five were appointed to the Board by education min ister Maureen although some have characterized the feuding As political in per Kins saying its not quite that Perkins said provincial and University politics Are involved in the feuding Between Board he also said there has been substantial disagree ment on the part of some new members with the decisions of the previous the president refused to elaborate on what he Felt the Root cause of the problem Perkins said he realizes the newly appointed Board members will reflect the political and philosophical views of the nip government just As earlier appointees were selected to represent the views of the tory but he refused to attribute All the Dis agreement to political nine of the 17 Board members Are new this that has resulted in a Good bit of in recent his tory has had Only two or three new members at a time and i think a Good bit of this has stemmed from the wholesale change in the boards Perkins said student services Dean Campbell Connor and Library director Terry Mitchell submitted their Resig Perkins feuding dangerous nations because of the bickering on the both specified in their letters of resignation they Are unable to sup port the directions being taken by the Board of he Mitchells resignation followed a decision by the Board of governors to halt a program of Library tory education critic Gary Filmon said yesterday he too is concerned about feuding on the there does seem to be a conflict of opinion on How to proceed on a variety of mat he education confusion like said the feud ing was not due to political or philosophical differences my information is that the new appointees Are arguing with each he blamed this on what he called the Pawley governments confusion Over education those people Are having trouble Reading this governments policy As it pertains to Brandon he said the feud was not an and pc some of the people with whom they the new appointees disagree Are not supporters of our Filmon said he would like to see the appointees approach their duties to do whats Best for the he expressed Hope the matter would work itself out but said he would Monitor the situation and would raise it in the legislature with Hemphill should the feuding accelerate and the University problem deteriorate Sty Calendar show explores third world technology Maskwa will sponsor a Public presentation and slide show on appropriate technology in third world at today in the Assembly room of the Centennial the Cost is at the the very reverend Lois immediate past Moderator of the United Church of will address local United nations association members and the general Public in Observance of the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Universal declaration of human Wilson will give a presentation at noon Friday weather Oron Lofnes York Washington Preci Pillion High Pratt re Low procure cold front warm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with brisk Westerly High near Clear tonight with increasing Cloud toward temperatures rising to near by tomorrow mostly Cloudy with a few Snow Lur tomorrow and moderate southerly High tomorrow near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba variable cloudiness mainly Cloudy saturday and sunday with temperatures a Little above Normal Cooling to near Normal readings of 8 and 18 by Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness Friday with near Normal mainly sunny and colder sunny with below Normal temperatures Normal High Low Northwestern Ontario Snow flurries with slightly above Normal temperatures Clearing and colder Snow flurries and above Normal temperatures again by Normal High Low 3 3 9 13 9 8 20 19 21 20 22 21 23 22 in room 228232 of the University Centre University of and at at Westminster United admission is the afternoon presentation is entitled three worlds apart peace and human rights and the evening presentation is 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